The Collaborative International Dictionary
Huzza \Huz*za"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Huzzaed; p. pr. & vb. n. Huzzaing.] To shout huzza; to cheer.
Huzza \Huz*za"\, v. t. To receive or attend with huzzas.
He was huzzaed into the court.
--Addison.
Huzza \Huz*za"\, interj. [Cf. G. hussa, husa, interj., hurrah, huzza. [root]43. Cf. Hurrah.] A word used as a shout of joy, exultation, approbation, or encouragement.
Huzza \Huz"za\, n. A shout of huzza; a cheer; a hurrah.
They made a great huzza or shout.
--Evelyn.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also huzzah, 1570s, originally a sailor's shout of exaltation, encouragement, or applause. Perhaps originally a hoisting cry.
Wiktionary
interj. (alternative spelling of huzzah English) n. (alternative spelling of huzzah English) vb. (alternative spelling of huzzah English)
Usage examples of "huzza".
A well-fed, plump Huzza Porpoise will yield you one good gallon of good oil.
He is somewhat larger than the Huzza Porpoise, but much of the same general make.
The Glasgow and Dublin lads indentured as clerks give a last huzza, and the Selkirk settlers are off for their Promised Land.
Brass bands bray Hail Columbia, huzza after huzza thunders from the shores, and the stately creatures go whistling by like the wind.
Nelson directed the boats to cast off from each other, give a huzza, and push for the shore.
He therefore walked boldly on after the chair in which his lady rode, pursued by a grand huzza, from all the chairmen present, who wisely take the best care they can to discountenance all walking afoot by their betters.
The squire had no sooner read the letter than he leaped from his chair, threw his pipe into the fire, and gave a loud huzza for joy.
They wanted the huzzas of mobs, and they have for ever blasted the fame of England to obtain them.
They proved their sympathy with the feelings of the bard, not by licentious shouts and wild huzzas, but by the composure of their spirits, the serenity of their countenances, and the deep and unutterable silence which universally prevailed.
When the buzzing, huzzaing, and noise reach the Factory, loud sound of the trumpet.
At eleven the next morning a procession of open carriages, attended by clamorous bands of music and adorned with a moving display of flags, filed along C street and was soon in danger of blockade by a huzzaing multitude of citizens.
Imposed to popular huzzas as a class tax, the income tax was gradually turned into a mass tax in a jiujitsu turnaround.
They emptied them to the bottom, then burst into cheers and huzzas, and kept it up as much as two minutes, the Paladin standing at stately ease the while and smiling benignantly from his platform.
From them, after their long confinement in the narrow space, came huzzas and cheers more lustily than the rest.
Mocking laughter, jeers, ironical huzzas were hurled at him, and cries of "How?